Clothes chute



Aug. 31, 1954 J. E. SPEARMAN CLOTHES CHUTE Filed Nov. 5, 1951 Joseph E. Spearman mmvroze.

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CHUTE Joseph E. Spearma Blast Detroit, Mi h! Application November 5, 1-951; Serial No. 254,81-6

1 Claim. (Cl. 19334) gravity from one floor level to another.

It frequently occurs that the clothes become lodged in the chute so as to obstruct the same,

release the obstruction by manipulating a stick, The instant invention seeks to avoid this disadvantage by the provision or the like, in the chute.

Some of the advantages of the invention lie in its simplicity of construction, in its efficient and dependable operation, and in its adaptability to installation in clothes chutes of different sizes and types.

the arrangement and construction of parts as in the accompanyin drawings, in

illustrated which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a clothes chute, showing the invention installed therein;

Figure 2 is a sectional detail on an enlarged scale, taken substantially on the plane of the line 2--2 in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a sectional detail, taken substantially in the plane of the line 33 in Figure 2;

and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the dislodging member used in the invention.

Like characters of reference are employed to parts in the specification and designate like throughout the several views.

lower ends thereof, as will be clearly apparent.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings outlet opening 20 at the respective upper and Preferably, the upper end wall 22 of the chute is disposed somewhat above the upper edge of the at the opposite ends thereof in a pair of apertures 54 provided in the end portions of the plate 44,. I

When the invention is not in use, the plate 44 for gravitation to the lower floor level IE, but if obstruction should occur in the chute, a person pulley 38 when the plate Mis at the lower end of the chute, the stop 56, of course, being of such size as topass freely through the opening E8 in the plate 44.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will be readily understood from the foregoing disclosure and accordingly, further description thereof at this point is deemed clothes dislodging solid plate in said chute and a unnecessary. cable looped around said pulley and suspended While in the foregoing there has been shown thereby with opposite ends attached to said plate and described the preferred embodiment of this and operative on said pulley to lift the dislodginvention it is to be understood that minor 5 ing plate into the upper end of the chute above changes in the details of construction and arsaid inlet into and out of the way position, said rangement of parts may be resorted to without plate being smaller than said chute to obviate departing f m he piri and cope of t e invenfrictional engagement of the plate with the chute tion as claimed. and binding of said plate in the chute.

Having described the invention, what is 10 claimed as new is: References Cited in the file of this patent In combination, a clothes chute having a closed UNITED STATES PATENTS upper end and a side inlet spaced below and contiguous said upper end, a telescopically adjustable rod fixed transversely in said upper end 15 1583379 above said inlet a pulley in said upper end above 2,038,659 said inlet suspended from said rod, a horizontal Number Name Date Bickford Sept. 4, 1928 Koran Apr. 28, 1936 

